in the texas voter i.d. law, that was also blocked for finding of discrimination which the justice department is now suing. so we're not in this post-racial era. if anything we're moving back to an era before 1965 where politicians are deliberately discriminating against people on the basis of race. >> yeah. peter, what's your take? >> i think the larger critical question is is it possible to build a multiracial coalition like existed in 1963 to change things structurally for working class white and black people. it's important to remember that part of the reason there were so many people at the march on washington is that big, white labor leaders like walter ruether were able to bring -- those people don't exist today because the labor movement is so weak. that's part of the reason it's hard to bring together this coalition that i think fundamentally has to be there to bring about a response to inequality across racial groups. >> jonathan, i wonder about your reply. one rebuttal is that obama built the mult